Contingency Plans

Name: Princess Celestia

Age: ageless

Height: 6 ft 7 inches

Weight: 350lbs (estimate)

Residence: Canterlot [castle]

Occupation: Co-Ruler of Equestria

Physical Attributes: White coat, light blue/green/pink mane, cutie mark of a blazing sun, slender but built physique

Titles: Raiser of the Sun, Sun Goddess, Princess of Equestria, Elements of Generosity, Kindness and Magic (previous), Keeper of the Tree of Harmony

Description: I know this is treason. No, this is worse than treason this is... betrayal. I'm betraying my teacher just by writing this. Am I? As a Princess my duty is to keep Equestria safe... and I just can't bear the thought. A betrayed Equestria, preyed on by its former protectors with no way to stop them. In that mirror world I saw how much pain that Mirror-Celestia caused. She destroyed cities, dried up land, nearly drove an entire world to ruin. I will do my duty as a Princess. I will bear my guilt, if it means protecting the innocent in the long run. If I go down in history as a traitor, then so be it. At least I'll have played my part.

Princess Celestia is one of the two powerful alicorn sisters responsible for ruling Equestria and keeping harmony. Each day she channels her magic to raise the sun, a monumental feat as I discovered when she temporarily granted me her powers during Tirek's rampage. Many who first start studying the arcane arts make the mistake of thinking Princess Celestia holds magic proportional to the sun, in accordance with the proportionality rule of levitation, where "the heavier the object, the more magical power is required". Princess Celestia's (and Princess Luna's) case is an exception to this rule. The Princesses don't use levitation to lift their celestial bodies, but rather they are literally one with them. Each morning Princess Celestia uses her magic to connect herself with the sun, and when she raises it, she feels like she is the sun herself. As she raises her head, the sun rises with her. This innate connection to the sun is what allows Princess Celestia to possess such great power.

Possible Counters: Attacking Princess Celestia directly is highly inadvisable, as she possesses the magical knowledge of ages, and has access to power of the sun itself. Queen Chrysalis was only able to beat her because she had been feeding on extremely powerful love magic for days on end, in addition to her own dark powers. Unfortunately in a crisis situation we may not have the luxury of storing up powerful magic for days. The Princess is a powerful opponent, having the flight of pegasi, the strength of earth ponies and her sun magic. Furthermore in a situation where she is truly outmatched, she has the wisdom to flee rather than fight and with her teleportation abilities she could be halfway across Equestria in seconds. A trick would not work either, as over thousands of years Princess Celestia has probably seen "every trick in the book".

From what I have gathered through research and scientific guesswork, Princess Celestia's abilities as an alicorn rely on her innate connection with the sun and its power. While connection itself could only be severed if the Princess or the sun was destroyed, there is another possibility. If the Princess feared that connection, her powers would be useless. This could be accomplished with a post-hypnotic suggestion of heliophobia. When Princess Celestia wakes, she would believe herself to be afraid of the sun. In fearing the source of her own power, Celestia would be both mentally and magically broken, and able to easily be contained.